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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Wim,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You are right! I just wanted to slam YC! How’d I do?! I do hope they don’t buy Steinway, though. Enjoy wonderful Hawaii! We are going through fall around
here…cold weather soon to hit!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Joy!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Elwood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., M. Mus. Ed., RPT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Piano Technician/Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Department of Music<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">355 Clement Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">University of Tennessee at Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Martin, TN 38237<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax: 731/881-7415<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cell: 731/479-4043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> tnrwim@aol.com [mailto:tnrwim@aol.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Changes at Steinway - Dana Messina resigns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><tt><span style="color:black">Oh my. I hope Young Chang doesn't purchase them. Those pianos are the <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre><tt><span style="color:black">pits...no, the bottom of the pits! You have to CA the tuning pins on NEW Young <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre><tt><span style="color:black">Changs! <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre><tt><span style="color:black">Joy!<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre><tt><span style="color:black">Elwood<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Even if YC does buy Steinway Musical Instruments, I don't think the quality of Steinway will go down to the YC level. The opposite will happen. Look at what happened
when Kimball bought Bosendorfer. The Bosy's quality didn't go down. Instead Kimball made the Kimbaldorfer grands, which were a slight improvement over their previous models.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">----Original Message-----<br>
From: Elwood Doss <edoss@utm.edu><br>
To: 'pianotech@ptg.org' <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 2:57 am<br>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Changes at Steinway - Dana Messina resigns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Oh my. I hope Young Chang doesn't purchase them. Those pianos are the <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">pits...no, the bottom of the pits! You have to CA the tuning pins on NEW Young <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Changs! <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Joy!<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Elwood<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., M. Mus. Ed., RPT<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Piano Technician/Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Department of Music<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">355 Clement Hall<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">University of Tennessee at Martin<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Martin, TN 38237<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Office: 731/881-1852<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Fax: 731/881-7415<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Cell: 731/479-4043<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">From: Mark Schecter [<a href="mailto:mark@schecterpiano.com?">mailto:mark@schecterpiano.com</a>] <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:27 PM<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Subject: Re: [pianotech] Changes at Steinway - Dana Messina resigns<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Thanks, David.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Interesting that Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is now based in <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Waltham, MA, home town of Kurzweil Music Systems (now owned by Young <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Chang). Their recent history of acquisitions is interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.steinwaymusical.com/content/about_us.htm" target="_blank">http://www.steinwaymusical.com/content/about_us.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Who knew what a power they are in band instruments? <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.steinwaymusical.com/brands.php" target="_blank">http://www.steinwaymusical.com/brands.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">-Mark Schecter<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Oakland, CA<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">On 10/24/11 7:42 PM, David Skolnik wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> Dear Old List,<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> I hope the notice doesn't totally preempt the more useful discussions<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> going on, but I thought it would be worth mentioning. Note, too, that<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> I'll have to think for quite some time which of the new lists would be<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> the most appropriate recipient.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?q=steinway+ceo+dana+messina&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dHzfDpSUHoG5Z-MdGc-_H_MOZcMwM&hl=en&ei=1B-mTs-pJaXZ0QHwm6mWDg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQqgIwAA" target="_blank">http://news.google.com/news/story?q=steinway+ceo+dana+messina&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dHzfDpSUHoG5Z-MdGc-_H_MOZcMwM&hl=en&ei=1B-mTs-pJaXZ0QHwm6mWDg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQqgIwAA</a><o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> David Skolnik<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">> Hastings on Hudson, NY<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
<pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre>
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